From: Michael Novick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Report: Confession in Starbucks murders (Last updated 9:45 AM ET March 4) WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) WTOP radio and WRC-TV are reporting that 29-year-old Carl Cooper has confessed to his role in the 1997 triple murder of three Starbucks coffee shop employees. Cooper was arrested earlier this week for attempting to kill off-duty Prince George's Md. police officer Bruce Howard in 1996. He waived an extradition hearing in Washington, and has been in custody in Maryland. The July 7, 1997 early-morning killings of Aaron Goodrich, Mary Caitryn Mahoney, and Emory Evans shocked the Georgetown neighborhood, and local police have endured criticism for not solving the case earlier. According to the reports, Cooper confessed overnight, during interrogation at Prince George's County police headquarters, and implicated two others. WTOP reports the second suspect is already in custody, while police look for the third. The FBI has been looking at Cooper as a suspect for more than a year. Agents have been monitoring a wiretap at his home. Cooper came to the attention of law enforcers after the Starbucks murders case was featured on the television show, "America's Most Wanted," which mentioned a large reward for aid in the case. According to reports, a phone tip suggested police investigate Cooper. On Monday, Cooper was arrested at his District of Columbia home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- © 1999 UPI. All rights reserved In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. People Against Racist Terror (PART) PO Box 1055 Culver City CA 90232 Tel.: 310-288-5003 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: <http://people.we.mediaone.net/part2001/index.html> Order our quarterly: "Turning the Tide:Journal of Anti-Racist Activism, Research & Education" End the racist death penalty! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Alejandrina Torres, and all political prisoners and P.O.W.'s in U.S. prisons! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have you visited our new web site? http://www.onelist.com Onelist: Helping to create Internet communities
